Since it was in the New York Times I guess White Russians are going to be the next post on Stuff White People like. And then I won’t be able to enjoy them without some irony. This just reaffirms that I need to get to Lebowski Fest soon. I do object to the author calling White Russian drinkers “hipsters.” Because one day the hipsters will move on and the WRA will still be here to serve, protect and mix a damn good Caucasian. Enjoy troops.
I do this to myself…
I say every year, I’m not going to watch any new shows. I say this for a number of reasons, I’m too busy (so true) most new shows are crap, I follow too many already, I don’t have cable. With more shows online now it is insanely easy to access TV, without the TV. I’ve watch two shows this week on actual TV, Frontline and Nova. Yes this is because most of my TV viewing is between the networks and WTTW. But also I’m not home at nights to even watch stuff on the networks when they air. I totally agree that in the future we’ll watch all our TV, commercials and all, through the web.
Sidetracking back, my entertainment source Aint It Cool News summarized the Hollywood Reporter on where the fall shows stand for continuing. Almost every show I watch is on the bubble and all the crap ones I avoid are likely to continue. WTF. Really? How does this happen? Everytime. I watched like two ep of Moonlight fulling intending on catching up later, cancelled. Loved New Amsterdam, midseason on Fox. Cancelled. Pushing Daisies cut short because of the strike and is now in peril. The first 2 ep of the Ex-List were hilarious and warm, bubble land. But Knight Rider is expect to go to Christmas? Huh?
I do it to myself though. I’m a narrative person, I get invested in the story, very much like my reading habits. I need to know how it end, how it all ties together. And I’m fiercely loyal too, friends, sport teams, Project Runway contestants, (Yay Leanne!!). I’ve been cheerleading for Pushing Daisies since I saw the Pie-lette at ComicCon ‘07. I can’t have my heart broken anymore by characters that stick around for 13 ep and then are gone. Instituting a new rule, must have 2 complete seasons before I’ll start watching. I have to do it, I have to protect myself. Or start making my own TV. Which I hear has gotten very easy since this thing the Internet started.
Super excited!…
Went online today to get my absentee app filled out and sent it. Perused the sample ballot while I was there and holy cow is there some crazy stuff to vote on in my little corner of the world. I’m still registered to vote at home, mostly because I move around Chicago too much to bother and also because it’s more fun to participate when I know the people and by know I mean went to grade school with their kids. Yep, formerly know as Luke’s mom is running against a 15 year incumbent. As I was explaining that usually happens when someone’s pissed off enough to get on the ballot. And get this crazy, I’ll be voting on a referendum for carry concealed weapons in the county!! Now I have no clue which way this is going to go but for my money, I know people at home and the obscene amounts they drink. So no, I will not be voting yea. This isn’t Texas, or Sparta. And to cap it all I became a supporter on Facebook of my favorite politician…the Double D. Who? Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin baby. Love this guy. You might have seen him introducing Barack Obama at the Democratic National convention. He’s one of the best, really. Heart him.
Moral of the story, forget Diddy, I’ll come after you if you don’t vote, Angie.
Bored…so bored
So what do I do when I’m bored yet have tons of homework to do? I blog. About absolutely random things.
I didn’t watch the debates last night. Gasp in fright! I know who I’m voting for. What will raising my blood pressure so close to bed help? I donated, got my button. I’ve also try avoiding coverage of anything election related. I expanded that ban to include the economy. Until I have to knit my own socks there’s really nothing to be done. By me at least.
Funny Observation: I was gathering my belongings and self to get off at Lake and I took an inventory of the people around me. This is really the best part of riding public trans, not just for the crazies, but observing the average person, what they’re doing (I always do a reading/blackberry survey, more readers in the am, more blackberries in the pm), what they look like (many attractive “average” people out there) and of course what they wear. There were three North Face fleeces standing next to each other waiting to get out and one other unidentifiable fleece. Stuff White People Like #87. I can’t talk, I was wearing one too, but in my defense it wasn’t North Face and I stole it fair and square from Lost and Found at the South Fields. I just found it amusing that three unrelated people made the exact same outerwear choice this morning (cool with light rain).
So I did something very Library today. I waited to shelve a bunch of books all at once. And I put them on a cart and rolled the cart to the stacks!! And yes, I’m sure you picture this is what I do all day but no. Since the Library is so small I usually just carry them over and make stacks on the ledges. But today I used the cart, as it was meant to be used. So Library.
I think the start of my Fall rut is kicking in. Its a mixture of summer regret of not doing everything I wanted to, being over the excitement of new classes, sorrow at the prospect of another Chicago winter and a little bit of self pity. It is just a blah time. Bored, bored, bored. I need stimulation.
Side note – Saw a band on Sat, Atomic Tom. Pretty good.
I heart my CTA
Taking the CTA is always an adventure. Some pervert was getting off on inappropriatly touching women on our crowded 147. Luckily the driver at Foster reported the creep. It is also a full body workout too, staying upright.
Went to ILA conference at Navy Pier today. ILA is kinda like Comic Con only smaller and for library nerds. It was fun though and a day off of work!
Busy busy weekend. Bachlor/Bachlorette party tomorrow. More conference Friday. D’s wedding Sat. I’ll sleep next week.
PS – digging wordpress for the iPhone.
Terrible news folks…
Bill Bailey is leaving Nevermind the Buzzcocks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7623854.stm If you know me at all you know my love of this show. Brit comedians and celebrities answer questions about pop music. It’s kinda like Who’s Line is it Anyway where the point isn’t the game but the excuse to be funny. Only thingis NMTB is funny. Very funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nuLb-DjCxs (Yes viewing enjoyment requires working knowledge of British slang. Urban Dictionary is helpful. Practice with these, slag, helmet, twat)
I also appreciate that they must ply their guest with lots of booze as evidenced by Amy Winehouses appearance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihFzr8QPfOg Or maybe that’s just her. Really you can see just about every episode on youtube and I hear VH1 plays them sometimes. I’ll really miss him, he’s hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbmWZj3uxk
In other fail news, yes I wore CkOne on purpose yesterday. It was a sample at Macy’s and I’d thought it’d be funny in an ironic, let’s pretend we’re pre-teens again way. I never expected quite the backlash, haters. It was an impulse and it won’t happen again. Maybe for Diya’s wedding but that is a special occasion and we all want to smell like a Y dance.
WooYoo!!!
Another 2 pounds!! Total of 13 lost. I would really like to hit 20 by the end of the month. Hopefully. It’s going to harder with the weather getting colder and me getting busier with school work. Like now, how I should be reading my Avery book and instead I’m pissing around on the internets. It’s so bad, it really is the new TV. Maybe I’ll get tired of it some day.
Oh and the car is acting up. Yeah the one I just got from my mom. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. Especially when I’m going to need it to get back and forth from the burbs next weekend for the wedding. Bull.
Dreams in boxes…
I was searching through my papers (just papers, you know, business papers). Really I was looking for my poetry stuff I used student teaching because I have a poetry project in a class and wanted to us some of the poems. I found all that plus my teaching certificate. The two year old cert that has never been used. That one that expires in 2 years if I don’t teach with it.
I realize my goals have changed. I changed them because I knew I didn’t want to teach then. But I’ve never made it final. It’s always back there that I can get a teaching job if I want. But here is this document representing all that work and time and tears. I put it away thinking I was being organized and keeping it safe. It was so safe I forgot about it.
I’m halfway through the Watchmen which maybe influencing this reflective, what do it mean, our work and our jobs? It’s dark stuff but I like it. I don’t know how I swing from this and Stephan King to romance novels and picture books. There’s no middle ground with me. I’m also watching Shameless, a BBC show about this messed up Scottish family. It’s very graphic and with people that are not nice, honest and rarely decent. But you love them anyway. And James McAvoy gets naked.
I am not a professional…
I worry about my future career. I just spent a good hour, hour and a half printing Married to the Sea images and taping them to various surfaces of my co-worker’s desk. Maybe this is why I want to work with kids and YAs. I AM A CHILD! Seriously I would never last in a corporate environment.
In case you don’t know Married to the Sea is a great site. They take old images and put new text with them. They are, naughty, in the real sense of the word. Some swearing yes but mostly they’re mischievous. There’s a new one each day. This one is my fav of the moment. http://www.marriedtothesea.com/090708/european-vacation.gif
Project Runway delivered yet again. Gave Terri and Blaine or however he spells his name the boot. Finally. They were okay but they were never good. Not as good as my girls Korto and Leanne. I think they’re going to Bryant Park and hopefully Jerell. Joe’s not high class enough and Suede is too inconsistent. But then what do I know about fashion? And Michael Kors is sooo mean. I heart him.
Have I told you all to watch The Fall. Watch The Fall with hottie Lee Pace. Its a great movie, he just makes it hotter. Watch it.
Ugh…work on Saturdays. Evil.
Hostile takeover…
Well not really since Diyaman made me a administrator. But this blog is too good to waste so I’m commandeering it. (Int. Talk Like a Pirate Day, Sept 19th) I was trying to get back to Xanga but I think I’ve moved beyond that and the person who wrote there. So we’ll keep Litfromthewasteland as close to professional as I can be professional and use this one for randomness.
So I’m rocking Pandora Radio right now. I know, late to party but I have a Brit Rock station I set up with bands I’ve been meaning to get like the Kaiser Chiefs and Bloc Party. Yes, it’s not strictly Brit but you know, that sound. I also have a Foo Fighters station (duh).
I’ve also entered week 7 of Weight Watchers and have lost 10 pounds. Yeh. I mean I’m proud and it’s not too hard, during the week. But then the weekend comes around with it’s drinking marathons and delicious meat parties. We’ll keep trucking along and see what develops. I would like to lose 10% by the end of the month but that doesn’t seem likely to happen.
New semester of classes. They’re totally different than anything I’ve done. It’s mostly performance based stuff, storytelling, read alouds, draw and tell. Me, they want me to draw a story. But it pulls me out of my comfort zone, YAs, and gives me a challenge which for some reason I feel the need to do.
Speaking of challenges I applied to be a Special Events Educator Volunteer at the Planetarium. Hoping to get more exposure to working with kids of all ages. So I don’t have to say, two years ago when I student taught. Because really, I’m not busy enough, full-time job, two classes, exercise, and now throw an volunteer position on the pile. Yes!
That’s what I’m thinking about this morning. Maybe I’ll try it again tomorrow, without the royal “we.” I just like to pretend there are always people with me. Makes the day go by.
